GBE - Staff Health

File:  GBE

 

STAFF HEALTH

 

            As a condition of employment every new employee of the School Board including teachers, cafeteria workers, janitors and bus drivers, shall submit a certificate signed by a licensed physician, nurse practitioner, or registered nurse stating the employee appears free of communicable tuberculosis. Volunteers may be required to provide such a certificate.

 

            After consulting with the local health director, the School Board may require the submission of such certificates annually or at such intervals as it deems appropriate, as a condition to continued employment.

 

            Physical Exams for School Bus Drivers

 

            No person shall be employed as a bus driver unless he or she has a physical exam of the scope required by the Board of Education and provides the School Board the results of the exam on the form prescribed by the Board of Education.  Such exam and report may be provided by a licensed nurse practitioner or physician assistant.

 

            The School Board may also require alcohol and drug testing in accordance with Policy GDQ.

 

            FAILURE TO PROVIDE REQUIRED DOCUMENTATION BY DATE SPECIFIED BY THE SUPERINTENDENT’S OFFICE MAY RESULT IN JOB TERMINATION.   

 

Adopted:  08/25/03; 06/27/05; 09/28/06

 

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Legal Refs:           Code of Virginia, 1950, as amended, §§ 22.1-178, 22.1‑300, 22.1‑301, 54.1-2957.02.

 

Cross Ref.:            EBAB                      Possible Exposure to Viral Infections

                                EBBB                     Personnel Training—Viral Infections

GDQ                       School Bus Drivers

JHCC                      Communicable Diseases

JHCCA   Blood-Borne Contagious or Infectious Diseases

 

 

 

 

 

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